Dakar is located in Senegal and uses the Africa/Dakar timezone, currently GMT (GMT+0) from UTC. Dakar does not observe daylight saving time. Sunrise is at 06:42 and sunset at 19:07 local time. The coordinates of Dakar are 14.72°N, 17.47°W.

Today Dakar gets 12 hours 25 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 12:54, about 54 minutes after clock noon.

Right now Dakar shares its GMT (GMT+0) offset with London, Lisbon, Dublin, Reykjavik, Casablanca, Accra. Clocks in these places read the same, even where the calendar date differs.

Working hours in Dakar

Offices in Dakar work Monday to Friday, typically 08:00–17:00 local time. Lunch is usually 13:00–14:30, and a meeting proposed inside it will be moved. The city's economy runs on ports and fishing, mining, telecoms and development agencies, which is who you are most likely to be calling. French is the working language, Friday afternoons pause for prayers, and the regional agencies keep Paris hours.

The dates that most often break a cross-border schedule are Independence Day (4 April), Tabaski (Eid al-Adha) (moves about 11 days earlier each year), Korité (Eid al-Fitr) (end of Ramadan) and the Grand Magal of Touba (moves with the Islamic calendar). Expect slow replies during the Tabaski week.

Best time to call Dakar from…

From	Gap	Call at (Dakar time)
🇲🇦 Casablanca	same time	09:00–17:00
🇨🇮 Abidjan	same time	09:00–17:00
🇬🇭 Accra	same time	09:00–17:00
🇩🇿 Algiers	+1h	09:00–16:00
🇬🇧 London	same time	09:00–17:00
🇺🇸 New York	−4h	13:00–17:00
🇸🇬 Singapore	+8h	07:00–12:00 (early or late for one side)
🇦🇪 Dubai	+4h	09:00–13:00

Office hours taken as 09:00–17:00 on both sides. A row opens the meeting page for the two cities where one exists, otherwise the converter.

Frequently asked questions

What time zone is Dakar in?›

Dakar is in the Africa/Dakar timezone, currently GMT (GMT+0).

Does Dakar observe daylight saving time?›

No. Dakar does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset is always GMT+0.

What is the UTC offset for Dakar?›

Dakar is currently GMT+0 from UTC (GMT (GMT+0)).

Is Dakar ahead of London and New York?›

Right now Dakar is on the same time as London and 4 hours ahead of New York. The gaps move by an hour when either side changes its clocks.

What is 09:00 in Dakar in UTC?›

09:00 in Dakar is 09:00 UTC today, because the city is GMT+0 from UTC.

When does the sun rise and set in Dakar today?›

Today the sun rises in Dakar at 06:42 and sets at 19:07 local time. These times were calculated when this page was built and drift by a few minutes a week.

Times on this page were calculated on 25 October 2026.